Posts Tagged ‘outer banks’

Using West Facing Roof Elevations for Solar

Thursday, May 6th, 2010

On Monday we drove north to see a potential customer who lives year round in Corova. For those of you off the banks, this is north of Corolla where the road literally ends. In order to get to any residence in Corova, you must drive on the beach for several miles and then turn inland on passes through the dunes.

In this instance, our motivated homeowner has a beautiful house with a big expanse of roof that is ideal for placing solar panels. And the roof is facing WEST, not south.

Just in case you are in the same situation, a west facing roof is not a showstopper. Yes, its true that you may not be able to get the absolute maximum sun exposure (and thus power production) but there are lots of alternatives that make solar installations possible.

One of the best things about Corova is the wild horse population (supposedly decended from horses that survived earlier shipwrecks)… they come down to the ocean’s edge in groups. We were excited to see several foals amongst the adults on this ride.

10 Million Solar Roof Initiative

Monday, February 15th, 2010

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), chairman of the Senate’s green jobs subcommittee introduced legislation with nine cosponsors to encourage the installation of 10 million solar systems on the rooftops of homes and businesses over the next decade.

Senator Sanders cited both a need to have energy independence from foreign energy sources and the possibility of a new robust sector of the green economy for installers and equipment manufacturers as important reasons for submitting this legislation.

Solar systems and solar hot water would be further incentivized by this bill for residential, commercial, institutional and local government.

For more information about this bill visit the Renewable Energy World article here: http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2010/02/sen-sanders-introduces-10-million-solar-home-initiative

To contact our North Carolina State Senators in support of this bill, call Senator Richard Burr at (202) 224-3154 or Senator Kay Hagan at (202) 224-6342.

I hope that this legislation goes through. We still need some way of making solar and renewable energy solutions more affordable. CEY

The nation that leads the global economy…

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

In his State of the Union address, President Obama reiterated that “providing incentives for energy-efficiency and clean energy are the right thing to do for our future -– because the nation that leads the clean energy economy will be the nation that leads the global economy.  And America must be that nation.” See it here.

Waldt Renewables is a small business aimed at helping customers in eastern North Carolina  understand how they can leverage existing tax incentives to pay for turnkey renewable energy solutions for their homes and businesses.

We tell our customers that there is an investment when installing any of these solutions. But we believe, as do most of our customers, that renewable energy production is the right direction… from stabilizing energy costs over time to reducing our national economy’s dependence on foreign energy sources.

More importantly, we understand that the more people who are interested in and understand creating clean energy, the more positive an impact on not taxing the environmental future of this region.

Let us hope that our politicians here us on both the state and federal level about maintaining, or better yet increasing our clean energy incentives.

Kitty Hawk Elementary Learns @ Renewable Energy

Monday, November 30th, 2009
Installing Solar Panels visible from the playground

Installing Solar Panels visible from the playground

Waldt Renewables and Dare County Schools (assisted by Baker Renewable Energy) have helped to launch a Renewable Energy Discovery Zone so that kids can learn about renewable forms of energy. Funded by a grant from the Albermarle Pamlico Sound National Estuary Foundation and the Kitty Hawk Elementary School PTA, the two panel solar system and a marine wind turbine outfitted with weather monitoring capabilities, provides data to the school community and the outside world. See more information here.